WATER SEPARABILITY IN LUBRICANTS

7/4/2017

Water has the potential to cause a variety of lubricant performance issues

• Rust and corrosion of metal parts is promoted, increasing maintenance costs and machinery downtime
• A lubricants viscosity may be reduced, which then reduces its load carrying capabilities and ability to keep moving parts separated, resulting in increased friction, wear and heat
• It increases oxidation, the chemical reaction between a lubricant and oxygen that shortens the lubricants service life

It is therefore important that good water separability is a property of lubricants.

The Herschel Emulsifier determines the water separability of petroleum oils and synthetic fluids.